Pin for attaching flowers to dresses



(No Model.)

v E. W. STIFEL.

PIN FOR .ATTAGHING FLOWERS T0 DRESSES. No. 518,868.

Patented Apr. 24,1894.

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UNITED STATES EDWARD W. STIFEL, or WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

PIN FOR ATTACHING FLOWERS TO DRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,868, dated April 24, 1894. Application filed December 14, 1893. Serial No. 493,655. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. STIFEL, of Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pins for Attaching Flowers to Dresses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' This invention consists in a pin or pins for firmly securing, by a ribbon passing through loops especially formed in them, flowers in spray or other shape or form, to ladies ball costumesor other dresses, without injury to the latter or to the flowers held in place by the pins and ribbons, substantially as hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 represents a view in perspective, of a pair of pins with their interlacing ribbo'ns applied to holding a set of flowers in position, as when used to decorate a ladys dress; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of said pins detached.

A, indicates the pins, which are of the safety kind, being formed of wire twisted about itself, forming a sort of frame or body, with a spring pin proper 6, adapted to engage when closed, with a hook or catch 0, constituting part of the frame or body. These pins may be made of brass, steel, silver, gold, or other suitable metal or alloy, plated or not plated. Said pins whether constructed generally as shown, or otherwise, and whether large or small, are formed with special loops d d atthe opposite ends of their frame or body, adapted to receive through them a ribbon B, of any desired color or shade, for holding the flowers O in place. These loops 61 may be of any desired shape or form, and may either be made to stand out in line with the frame, or at an angle thereto, as desired. The spring piercer or pin proper b may be constructedso that when'closed it will extend through or beyond its holding hook or catch a, or it may be wholly under cover at its entering end, of said hook or catch. Ordinarily,

there will be two of these frames or safety pins A, used for each set of flowers O, and said pins may be right and left, but in some cases a single pin only may be used. As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, two of said pins arranged at a suitable distance apart, one above the other, are represented. These pins A, A, with the ribbons B, B, in them or through their loops (1 d are fastened to the dress at the place where the flowers 0 should be. Said flowers are then laid on the closed pins and the opposite end portions of the ribbons B B securely tied around the flowers, to hold them fast and in their desired position. If desired to elevate the flowers or make them stand out from the dress, the same may be done by turning the pins from an approximately horizontal to an approximately upright position before tying the ribbons. By using these pins, the breaking of the stems 'of the flowers is avoided, and the dress is not seriously injured or spoiled as where ordinary pins are used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. As a new article of manufacture, a pin A for securing flowers to dresses, consisting of a piece of wire bent and twisted about itself to form a body terminating intwo closed loops, a projecting portion adjacent to each loop, and a spring pin and hookat the ends of the said projecting portions, as shown and described.

2. In a pin for securing flowers to dresses, the combination with a pin, consisting of a piece of wire bent and twisted about itself to form a body terminating in two closed loops, a projecting portion adjacent to each loop, and a spring pin and hook at the ends of the projecting portions, of a ribbon passed through the closed loops of the pin with its ends projecting therefrom to adapt them to be tied around the flowers, substantially as herein shown and described.

EDWARD W. STIFEL.

Witnesses:

LOUIS E. SOHRADER, OSCAR W. BURDATS. 

